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Alicia Keys is not only a super talented musician… she's philanthropic too!

She used her piano skillz to help raise a ridiculous $1.3 million dollars for charity!

Tags: africa, aids, alicia keys, benefit, change, charity, child, donations, health, help, hiv, incredible, kids, million, money, new york, new york city, organization, sick, star, support, world

Oh good!

Matthew McConaughey, musician Jack Ingram, and The University of Texas Head Football Coach Mack Brown have come together to host a special event that will benefit various charitable organizations for children.

They will all debut the inaugural Mack, Jack & McConaughey (MJ&M) event, a nationwide philanthropic effort to make a difference in the lives of underserved children.

Here is a statement from all three of them:

Tags: charity, effort, empower, family, kids, matthew mcconaugheyl nationwide, organization

Please, PLEASE, let this be true!

Apparently there's a new vaccine that could give lifelong protection against the flu virus! The key is to make it out of messenger RNA (mRNA) – the genetic material that controls the production of proteins. Not only may it work for life, and it may be possible to manufacture it quickly enough to stop a pandemic!

Holy shizz!

This is awesome news because every time we become to immune to one of the flu viruses, it continues to evolve, so one year's strain is completely different from the next. Plus, most flu vaccines are grown in chicken eggs or cell culture, a process that takes at least six months — it's not exactly quick.

Then the World Health Organization has to predict which strains are going to be worse ahead of time!

The mRNA vaccine can be mass-produced in a few weeks and can be turned into a freeze-dried powder that does not need refrigeration, unlike most vaccines. Blowing your minds already?

Here's what happens according to the source:

Tags: awesome, blood, body, cancer, cause, chicken, company, fight, flu, health, life, organization, protein, source, win

Now THAT'S a great way of handling being the highest paid NFL player of all time!

Drew Brees, quarterback for the Saints, is donating a million bucks to Sandy relief effort. He knows all to well about being in a city that has been devastated by weather.

Tags: donation, drew brees, foundation, love, million, new orleans, nfl, organization, player, quarterback, saints, wife

Sir Ian McKellen went to a special meet-and-greet event for the charity Step Forward.

Step Forward is an organization that provides free and confidential services to young people, 11 to 25, living in and near Tower Hamlets in East London.

McKellen is a patron of the charity, so he gladly spent an evening meeting the Step Forward team.

Step Forward wrote in their blog:

Tags: charity, foundation, health, ian mckellen, kids, london, organization, people, sir ian mckellen, step forward, support

We're not sure what to think about any of this.

On one hand it's pretty close to prostitution, but with something that man people extremely important. On the other hand, this girl's body is her own, and if this is her decision, we shouldn't argue it — also, pretty much all the money is going to charity.

And we're talking $780,000 here.

The girl, a Brazilian student named Catarina Migliorini, has sold her virginity to a Japanese man named Natsu on an online auction. Catarina said she will use the cash to

Tags: amazing, australia, charity, decision, government, love, money, movie, organization, sex, test, woman, women, young

At 15 years old, we'd say that if she really wanted to, Chloe Grace Moretz is still young enough to legitimately go trick or treating!

She's not your average 15 year old, though, what with all those movies under her belt and a very mature demeanor. It's no wonder that she's going to forego the usual Halloween and instead is signing up as the Unicef Trick or Treat Ambassador!

Tags: child, children, chloe grace moretz, fans, love, million, millions, money, organization, sad, support, unicef, website, young